Tls 1459

[RCC49]

4 across - Priest meets girl - a rustic girl, but with royal parentage (10) P?S???E???

[Lie-in King]

Pastorella

http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/174/1126/14901/1/frameset.html

[aeronut]

If 7dn is not Alpheus, who is the god?

[Toorak]

Epineus?

[Toorak]

Enipeus rather

[aeronut]

That works, but what about the royal parentage of the foundling Pastorella?

[aeronut]

And what's the answer to 6Dn o???e

[bobbinwales]

clue please for 6d?

[bobbinwales]

oxide,,, ozone ovate orate....

[aeronut]

6dn University found in one-time CAT

[Neveracrossword]

Ounce, cat - U, university, inside Once, one-time.

[bobbinwales]

ounce is a big cat

[Toorak]

Claribell and Bellamour, king and queen in the Faerie queene

[aeronut]

Leaving us with the question about the royal parentage.

[Toorak]

^^^ that in response to aeronut

[aeronut]

Right , you solved that question, Toorak.Thanks

[aeronut]

I'm stuck on 23ac: Group member working on feted writer (6,7)
I have d?t??? r?n???w
Help please

[aeronut]

BTW Claribel and Bellamour are in The Beast With a Thousand Tongues

[bobbinwales]

I tried to work out 23a but no luck....Will try again. Are you 100% sure if them letters???

[Lie-in King]

Dottie Renfrew - anag 'on feted writer' - "The Group" by Mary McCarthy

I didn't bother with looking for more than the Faerie Queene for Pastorella.

[aeronut]

Many thanks Yr Maj